One of a range of experiment modules that fit to the Structures platform Structures platform STS1 (available separately),this product helps students to understand the nature of buckling in slender beams that simulate ‘struts’. Students fit one of a choice of struts between the two major parts of the product. One part has a hand-operated control to apply the buckling force. The other part has a load cell to measure the applied load.
Students apply a buckling force to a strut, measuring the load and the point at which the strut collapses or ‘buckles’. Students use textbook equations, including Euler’s theory to predict the buckling loads, comparing them with measured results. This helps confirm the reliability of the textbook equations and the accuracy of the experiment results.
This product includes specimen struts of different lengths for comparison of the buckling loads. It also includes different strut end fixings for comparisons of how they affect the buckling load and shape of the strut as it buckles. A Vernier caliper (included) allows students to measure the cross-section of the struts.
The load cell connects to the USB interface hub of the Structures platform for computer display and data acquisition.
*There are 21 different experiments in the Next Generation Structures range.
TecQuipment's Structures Platform is a benchtop platform that holds the 21 different experiments available in the Next Generation Structures range. TecQuipment engineering apparatuses are found in undergraduate and graduate engineering labs across the globe.
This TecQuipment experiment illustrates and proves the basic theory of bending moments in a beam, mounts on the Structures platform (STS1) and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.
TecQuipment's Shear Force in a Beam (Next Generation Structures) illustrates and proves the basic theory of shear force in a beam. The experiment mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.
